Who's more creative? A creative writer or Creative Cakery?
There's no way I can answer that question, but if you're questioning whether or not you should make a stop here, I'll answer yes!
So if not for Fivestars, I wouldn't have known about this small bake shop on the southeast corner of Spring and Clark. It's in a pretty small plaza with room for maybe about 15 cars in front, but there are additional angled parking spots on either side of the building, which houses Creative Cakery and a few other eateries. When COVID was rampant, that lot would turn into a picnic on concrete, so the only place to park was in the surrounding neighborhoods or in the lot just on the other side of Clark.
Creative Cakery specializes in...you guessed it. Cakes! But they also sell cookies, bars & bites. The perfect dessert for a birthday party, pot luck, or any other special occasion really. So far, I've only tried their cupcakes and a bundt cake, but all have been so good I'm confident that all of my sweet tooth Yelp friends would enjoy as well!
The cupcakes aren't your usual cupcakes that you'll see at a traditional supermarket. Instead, these cupcakes are much smaller. So small that the icing might be taller than the cake itself! However, whoever coined the phrase "Bigger is better" would likely have second thoughts after trying just one of their cupcakes. I've tried the poppyseed and carrot cupcakes, and I don't think I've ever had either flavor before in the form of a cupcake. Some might disagree, but I believe there's a nuance in taste whether you eat it immediately after purchase or let the cupcake thaw for a while prior to eating. I remember trying the carrot cupcake before driving home, and the frosting was still cold. When I tried the poppyseed cupcake after driving home, the frosting tasted more like what cupcake frosting should taste like.
Each cupcake comes in a pretty small box with a Creative Cakery sticker on top, making for a nice surprise gift for a special someone :)
Creative Cakery recently sent out an email to Fivestars customers announcing a cake giveaway where they were giving out Halloween-themed Chocolatey Chocolate Chip bundt cakes. I say Halloween-themed because each cake was placed inside a bag with some pretty cute Halloween decorations on the bag itself. Only a limited number (I believe it was 30) was given out, and I'm glad I got my hands on one!
I forgot to ask how long their bundt cakes can last over the counter or in the fridge, but once I got home, I put it in my fridge and waited until later in the day to eat it. For a personal size bundt, I thought it was quite a lot, and I thought it had a little too much sugar because I was only able to eat half before saving the rest for the next day. Then again, it's probably because I've been trying to cut down on sugar this year. Nevertheless, I definitely enjoyed the cake! I don't know how much more chocolatey you can get than Chocolatey Chocolate Chip, but choco-holics will surely not be disappointed with this creative cake from Creative Cakery! On both days, I ate the cake immediately after taking it out of the fridge, and the frosting on the cake was almost frozen like vanilla ice cream! Chocolate cake with chocolate chips and vanilla ice cream sounds like the perfect birthday treat for kids, adults, and everyone else!
Between Creative Cakery and any cake from Ralph's bakery department, Creative Cakery takes the cake!
However, there were a couple things that happened on my last visit, which caused me to remove a star. First, when the cashier asked me for my Fivestars phone number, I noticed a customer had just stepped inside the shop, and so instead of verbally giving my number to her, I typed it on my phone and showed her. However, she verbally said my number out loud, which totally defeated the purpose of typing my number on my phone. Second, I already had a Fivestars reward for a free personal size bundt before I claimed the Halloween bundt, but apparently, my reward was used to claim the Halloween bundt even though I could have claimed a different free bundt before the fact. At least I got 12 points out of it when I wasn't expecting any, but I'm still far from the next reward tier, so I don't think those 12 points will do any good.
Service has been pretty solid apart from that. The girls running the shop have always been cordial and appreciative of my business, so my 4-star rating is much closer to 5 than 3.
Overall, it's a really nice shop that will surely please even the pickiest dessert connoisseur out there! The menu above the order counter doesn't actually list prices; instead, it just lists flavors and serving sizes, but you can always go to their website www.creativecakery.com to see how much each baked good costs. They open at 10 AM every day of the week, but they close at 3 PM on days that end in "nday"; otherwise, they close at 6 PM.
Highly recommended! :) read more